‘SWAYAM’, an initiative of the Government of India, aims at

[UPSC Civil Services Exam – 2016 Prelims]

(a) promoting the Self Help Groups in rural areas

(b) providing financial and technical assistance to young start-up entrepreneurs

(c) promoting the education and health of adolescent girls

(d) providing affordable and quality education to the citizens for free


Answer: (d)        

Explanation:

  • SWAYAM is a Hindi acronym that stands for “Study Webs of Active-Learning for Young Aspiring Minds”.
  • SWAYAM is an online platform of the Ministry of HRD through which online programmes/courses are offered to students in India.
  • It was launched on 9th July 2017.
  • It has Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) and provide high quality education on various subjects which includes classes from 9 to 12th and also Under Graduate and Post Graduate courses.
  • The scheme aims to provide free high quality e-content to all colleges and universities free of cost.

Consider the following statements:                                                                   The Parliament of India can place a particular law in the Ninth Schedule of the Constitution of India. The validity of a law placed in the Ninth Schedule cannot be examined by any court and no judgement can be made on it. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Consider the following statements:                                               

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Consider the following statements:                                                         The Parliament of India can place a particular law in the Ninth Schedule of the Constitution of India. The validity of a law placed in the Ninth Schedule cannot be examined by any court and no judgement can be made on it. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Consider the following statements:                                               

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